Cuisine
The Colorado winemaker that almost wasn’t
It is hard to believe that a Boulder Master Sommelier, author of a scratch-and-sniff guide to vino and founder of three game-changing wine labels as well as a mescal company, would be a practicing environmental lawyer today if not for one fateful glass of wine, but ...
Thinking outside the guac
There is much to adore about avocados. They are as creamy as mayonnaise, with a mild nutty flavor, and full of nutrients, all of...
You can’t outsmart Mother Nature
Next month, we’ll celebrate the Lafayette Peach Festival here in Boulder County. For those of you willing to take the drive, you can also...
Boulder’s best-kept food secret is in an orthodox church
Boulder County’s best-kept food secret is not hiding in a strip mall. It’s not hiding on the bottom floor of a Boulder apartment complex...
Try this week: Veggie empanadas @ Rincon Argentino
With an expansive menu, the empanadas from Rincon Argentino are about as good as Argentine hand pies can get. On a recent visit, we...
Tricks to not wasting fruit and vegetables
Here’s a sobering food fact: about one-third of the food produced in the world each year is lost or wasted, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. Some organizations that track food waste put that number even higher; the UK’s Institute of Mechanical ...
Chef Nick Swanson ushers in new offerings at Under the Sun
Like most Colorado transplants, Under the Sun’s executive chef Nick Swanson came to the Centennial State to ski — well, he came to go...
Simply satisfying
After a long flight back from California, I needed something comforting yet not complicated to facilitate my post-holiday re-entry to the working week. Consigliere Keith had been kind enough to give me a lift from DIA, and Louisville’s Via Toscana, an old standby, ...
Off the beaten brunch
As friend Lisa and I drove on Hwy. 36 north of Boulder, we couldn’t help but notice the landscape’s arid harshness. Even though the sun was shining, we couldn’t shake a feeling of wintry desolation. Happily, the mood shifted for the better once we entered our ...
Try this week: Jumbo Seared Scallops @ North End at 4580
North Boulder has changed a lot in the last decade. But while new housing developments have popped up, and restaurants and businesses have come...
Try this week: Hoppy meatballs, Korean BBQ sandwich, and more
Hop Chef Meatballs
C Squared Ciders, 2875 Blake St., Denver, csquaredciders.com
They say when it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and we figure that’s why pub food...
